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South Africa: Disability in the Workplace

Mywage South Africa (2017) C2

Accessed November 2017

Patterns of morbidity and mortality among older person in South Africa, 2013

Statistics South Africa (2015) C1

A randomized trial of ‘fresh start’ text messaging to improve return to care in people with HIV who missed appointments in South Africa

Njuguna C., L. Long, P. Mistri, et al. Wolters Kluwer Health (2024) C2

AIDS 2024, 38:1579–1588. Treatment interruptions are a barrier to successful antiretroviral therapy (ART). 'Fresh start messages', which leverage significant days on the calendar (e.g., new year, public holiday) in order to prompt action, have the potential to encourage people with HIV (PWH) to re ... more

Reviewing options for peace in South Sudan - East Africa Report Issue 1 | March 2015

Institute for Security Studies (2015)

This report, examining the mood of a country that holds the top spot in the Fragile States Index, is based on field research conducted in South Sudan in April and May 2014.

Asthma Diary - Allergy Foundation South Africa

Allergy Foundation South Africa (2024) CC2

Asthma Diary

What is Asthma? Allergy Foundation South Africa

Allergy Foundation South Africa (2024) CC2

Asthma is a long term illness of the lungs that causes the tubes that carry air into and out of the lungs (airways) to become swollen (inflamed) and produce lots of thick mucus. In a person with asthma, the lung swelling (inflammation) makes the airways “twitchy”; this means they close easily ... more

'In Control' South Africa - A play about health, stigma and attitudes.

Acacia Study Group YouTube (2022) CC

This video is of a community performance from a theatre play, called 'In Control' South Africa. Our international group of respiratory health researchers found that young people with asthma can feel ... more

Children’s Worlds National Report South Africa

Shazly Savahl, Sabirah Adams, Serena Isaacs, et al. (2015) C2

Breathe easy - Learning about adolescent asthma in South Africa

achieving control of asthma in children in africa - acacia (2022) CC2

Asthma is a common breathing condition that affects 20% of all children Asthma tends to run in families, although this is not always the case. You may have seen someone at school who uses an inhaler to help them breathe better and control asthma symptoms.

The Current State of CHW Training Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What We Need to Do

C. Redick; H. S. Faich Dini; L.-A. Long One Million Community Worker Campaign; mPowering Frontline Health Workers (2014) C2

July 2014 This report was made possible through support provided by the One Million Community Health Workers Campaign, mPowering Frontline Health Workers, Intel, and USAID. This report was authored by Cindil Redick for mPowering Frontline Health Workers under the terms of Contract No. GHS-A-00-08 ... more

Trends in silicosis prevalence and the healthy worker effect among gold miners in South Africa: a prevalence study with follow up of employment status

Knight, D.; Ehrlich, R.; Fielding, K.; et al. BMC Public Health (2015) CC2

Given the intimate association between silicosis and tuberculosis, understanding the epidemiology of the South African gold mining industry silicosis epidemic is essential to current initiatives to control both silicosis and tuberculosis in this pop ... more

An update on rabies in South Africa, 2021

National Institute for Communicable Disease NICD (2021) CC

As of 14 December 2021, a total of 19 laboratory-confirmed human rabies cases has been reported in South Africa for 2021. The cases are from Eastern Cape, KwaZuluNatal and Limpopo provinces. In addi ... more

Epidemiology of Alzheimer's Disease: Comparison between Africa and South America

F. A. E. Sosso, O. Nakamura; M. Nakamura Journal of Neurology and Neuroscience (2017) C2

Received Date: Jun 15, 2017; Accepted Date: Jun 28, 2017; Published Date: Jun 30, 2017 Citation: Etindele Sosso FA, Nakamura O, Nakamura M (2017) Epidemiology of Alzheimer’s Disease: Comparison between Africa and ... more

Access to HIV care and treatment for migrants between Lesotho and South Africa: a mixed methods study

I. Faturiyele, D. Karletsos, K. Ntene-Sealiete, et al. BMC Public Health (2018) CC

BMC Public Health (2018) 18:668 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5594-3